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BiographyNontsizi (Cizama, Imbongikazi yakwaCizama) Mgqwetho
Virtually nothing is known about the life of the first and only major female poet to write in Xhosa, apart from what is revealed in her writings, almost all of…
BiographyWilfrid Edward Cooper
Wilfrid Edward Cooper was born on 22 May 1926 in Observatory, a suburb of Cape Town, Cape Province (now Western Cape Province) and lived in Mowbray until he…
George Botha
Mr George Botha aged 30,a coloured teacher at the Patterson High School in Port Elizabeth, was detained on December 1976 in terms of section 22 of the General…
ArchiveWhy do millions of workers reject Workers Day and instead celebrate May Day?
A pamphlet issued by NUSAS/ERC looks at the rejection by South Africa's largest trade union federation COSATU of the government declared Workers Day on the…
ArticleThe World and South Africa when Nelson Mandela was born
… 1917, and sent troops to reinforce the Western Front (see Map 1. In March, Germany, whose troops were now freed from …
BiographyAndrew Murray
Andrew Murray was born in Graaff-Reneit on 9 May 1828, the second child of Andrew Murray senior. He was sent to Arberdeen, Scotland to be educated, where he…
BiographyRita Alice Ndzanga
Rita Ndzanga was born on 17 October 1933, the third child of Isaac and Alina More in a village called Mogopa near Ventersdorp, western Transvaal (now North…
Archive2004 - President Mbeki, State of the Nation Address, 21 May 2004 (After National Elections)
… support for the vigorous implementation of the Road Map. We will persist in the effort to ensure the successful …
Address to the Assembly of the Republic of Mozambique, 2 May 2002
Honourable President of the Assembly, Your Excellency President Joaquim Chissano, Honourable Members of Parliament, Ladies and Gentlemen: Thank you very much…
BiographyFrank Alexander Landman
Raised in the close knit community of Dowerville, Port Elizabeth (P.E.), Frank was the youngest of three sons and the third of the six surviving children of a…
BiographyGreg Marinovich
The first pictures Marinovich took of a news event were of Archbishop Desmond Tutu when he led a church service in downtown Johannesburg in 1985 to protest the…
Address to a Joint Session of the Parliament of Pakistan Islamabad, 4 May 1999
Mr Prime Minister; Honourable Members of the Senate and the National Assembly of Pakistan Ladies and Gentlemen, It is a great honour to have been invited…
BiographyHendrik Jacobus (Kobie) Coetsee
Kobie Coetsee was born on 19 April 1931 in Ladybrand in the Orange Free State. His father, Johannes, was a printer, and had only one child with is wife,…
A call to the people of South Africa: Oliver Tambo, 02 May 1987
The period we are going through is characterised by a sharpening confrontation between our people and the racist regime. Pretoria has unleashed a desperate…
Speech by President Nelson Mandela at a banquet in honour of President Nujoma of Namibia Cape Town, 13 May 1996.
… campaigns instead of relying on white liberals to map out their strategies. Whites, they argued, were too …
ArchivePolitical perspective: Presented at the National Consultative Conference held on 10 May 1991
Paper on political perspectives presented at the National Consultative Conference held on 10 May 1991.
BiographyGrace Naledi Mandisa Pandor
Naledi Pandor was born on 7th of December, in 1953 Durban. She received most of her education in exile and matriculated at Gaborone Secondary School in…
ArchiveThe Life of Trevor Huddleston, Makhalipile (the Dauntless One) by Victoria Vandiver, 3 May 2018
The United Nations referred to apartheid as “a crime against humanity” (United Nations, edited 2018). In 1956, Trevor Huddleston, an Anglican priest, wrote the…
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BiographyB J Vorster [John Vorster]
Overview Balthazar Johannes Vorster (also known as BJ Vorster or John Vorster) was the Prime Minister of South Africa from 1966 to 1978, after having served…
ArchiveBackground to the 20th anniversary of Republic Day, 31st May 1981
Pamphlet issued by the Commission for Justice and Reconciliation about the background to the 20th anniversary of the Republic Day on 31st May 1981. The meaning…
ArchiveMa Yihlome Ke Nako
Black and white poster. Artwork of a woman protesting with a spear. Published by the African National Congress.
ArchiveSlabbert MP LV Goodall
PFP poster. Notice of a meeting on Wednesday, 3rd October, at Dunvegan Primary School, Sheila Street, Dunvegan. Dark blue and white poster. PFP logo.
ArchiveHambani kahle ma-comrades
White poster with black lettering. Photos of Phineas Sibiya, Florence Mnikathi, Simon Ngubane and Alpheus Nkabinde. MAWU Logo.
BiographyPierre Jacy Fourie
Pierre Jacy Fourie was born on 26 June 1943 in Malvern, Johannesburg. He was the first recorded White boxer to fight against a Black opponent in South Africa…
BiographyEbrahim Ismail Asvat
Ebrahim Ismail Asvat (Aswat) was born in Surat, India. He was a committed passive resister from Vereeniging, Transvaal (now Gauteng). He was a Member of the…
Police and British troops arrest more than 400 Kikuyu tribesmen and women in an effort to apprehend Mau Mau cult members in Ken
Security forces round up more than 10,000 men in the biggest anti-Mau Mau operation since the state of emergency was declared i
The Story of PR Pather, the grand old man of Indian politics in South Africa: Bibliography
From the book: The Story of PR Pather, the grand old man of Indian politics in South Africa - by Riashnee Pather Bibliography Primary Sources Interviews …
ArchiveEngaging with South Africa, Part Two: David Goldblatt, May 2016
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